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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins was handcuffed and positioned face down on a road exterior the workforce’s stadium after he was stopped for rushing and reckless driving Sunday morning earlier than the Dolphins’ first recreation of the season, an incident that left the star huge receiver baffled and resulted in a police officer being positioned on administrative depart.
The officer, who was not recognized, was considered one of at the least three concerned in detaining Hill. Some followers noticed Hill being handcuffed and captured video on their method to the sport, and it shortly went viral on social media.
Miami-Dade Police director Stephanie V. Daniels stated she had launched an inner affairs investigation.
Told after the sport that the officer was positioned on depart pending the end result of the investigation, Hill stated: “That ought to let you know all the pieces it is advisable know.”
Added defensive deal with Calais Campbell, who was additionally briefly handcuffed after coming to his teammate’s support: “That is smart based mostly on the state of affairs.”
Hill, who stated he respects law enforcement officials and needs to be one when he retires from soccer, stated he “had no concept” why police positioned him in handcuffs.
“I wasn’t disrespectful as a result of my mother didn’t increase me that means,” Hill stated. “Didn’t cuss. Didn’t do none of that. Like I stated, I’m nonetheless attempting to determine it out, man.”
Hill starred on the sector for the Dolphins, catching seven passes for 130 yards—together with an 80-yard touchdown that helped Miami rally for a 20-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hill celebrated the rating by mimicking being handcuffed.
Hill, who’s Black, stated he didn’t wish to use his movie star to get out of the state of affairs however puzzled what would’ve occurred if he weren’t an NFL star.
“I don’t wish to convey race into it, however typically it will get type of iffy once you do,” he stated. “What if I wasn’t Tyreek Hill? Lord is aware of what that man or guys would have performed. I used to be simply ensuring that I used to be doing what my uncle all the time informed me to do everytime you’re in a state of affairs like that: ‘Just hear, put your arms on the steering wheel and simply hear.’”
Daniels stated in an announcement earlier Sunday that she requested an “fast evaluate” of the small print surrounding the incident, including that the division would evaluate accessible physique digicam footage.
In a later assertion, Daniels stated: “I’m dedicated to transparency and accountability to the group with any state of affairs involving my officers.”
Hill stated all the pieces occurred so quick it caught him off guard.
“I’m simply glad that my teammates had been there to assist me in that state of affairs as a result of I felt alone,” Hill added.
Campbell stated he was driving into Hard Rock Stadium when he noticed Hill handcuffed, and he stopped to assist. The 17-year NFL veteran ended up in handcuffs as nicely, saying officers informed him it was as a result of he disobeyed their direct orders.
“I’d seen, I really feel like extreme drive, so I get out of the automotive to type of simply attempt to de-escalate the state of affairs,” Campbell stated, additionally calling the incident “a bit excessive.”
Hill, who led the NFL in receiving yards in 2023, stated he spoke to his spouse and household after he was detained and earlier than the sport kicked off.
His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, known as it a “heartbreaking state of affairs” on ESPN.
“How issues escalated into the state of affairs that they had been in, in handcuffs and being held on the bottom with police, is mindboggling to me,” Rosenhaus stated. “I’m deeply involved by that. Very troubled. We can be trying into it. We can be investigating this. We will look out for Tyreek, however I’m not going to make any allegations right now. The most essential factor is Tyreek is OK bodily, mentally he was very distraught about what occurred.”
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy stated the league has been involved with the Dolphins, however declined to remark additional.
